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  Grasp the Promise of Annapolis

  Even the most hardened of Middle East cynics could be excused for momentarily feeling a fluttering of hope after witnessing the scenes at this week’s peace conference in Annapolis, Md. Israel’s much-maligned prime minister, Ehud Olmert, conducted himself with consumate dignity, displaying a rare capacity to combine unabashed national pride with sincere empathy for the…

  By Daniel Levy

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• Opinion

  An Unsightly Challenge to Israeli Sovereignty

  Generally speaking, once a week is plenty. But now and then the pace of things quickens, and I find myself wishing this newspaper were published three times a week, there being more than enough happening to warrant not one but three columns. This is one such week. What follows, therefore, is three scrunched up columns….

  By Leonard Fein Nov 28, 2007 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  Securing the Future of the Center for Jewish History: NYU Has Resources for Growth

  During the last half of the 20th century, the center of Judaic scholarship and teaching in the United States moved from Jewish institutions, rabbinical seminaries, Hebrew teachers’ colleges and the independent Dropsie graduate school to secular colleges and universities. This shift took place for a number of reasons, among them the ability to raise money,…

  By Lawrence Schiffman Nov 28, 2007 | 4 min read

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• Rob Eshman There’s a shocking new report on civilian deaths in Gaza. If only it were accurate.

  

• Nora Berman Is Netflix’s new show the most Jewish cartoon ever?

  

• Dan Perry Israel is not deliberately killing journalists in Gaza. But it does bear responsibility for their deaths

  

• Emily Tamkin Trump’s attack on George Soros is ludicrous. It also endangers Jews (and everyone else)

  

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  Securing the Future of the Center for Jewish History: Independence Is Invaluable

  In late September, New York University circulated a confidential proposal to members of the boards of the Center for Jewish History. Euphemistically titled “Securing the Growth of the Center for Jewish History,” the proposal in fact spells out the end of the center as it now exists while securing the growth of NYU. The Center…

  By Elisheva Carlebach Nov 28, 2007 | 4 min read
• Letters

  November 23, 2007

  Protect Pakistan’s Nukes Three cheers for a November 16 editorial on Pakistan (“The Bomb and the Taliban”). The most compelling idea that should inform our policy toward Pakistan is the urgent need to keep that country’s nuclear arsenal out of the hands of the Islamist extremists. That requires some stability, which rests, inter alia, on…

  Nov 23, 2007 | 3 min read
• Opinion

  ‘Killing the World’

  Evidence of global warming over the past century is “unequivocal,” and the process is largely the result of human activity. If sharp cuts in greenhouse gas emissions aren’t begun within the next decade, the century ahead will see a dramatic rise in violent storms, heat waves, droughts and floods that will kill millions of people…

  Nov 23, 2007 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  For Those AIDS Victims Less Lucky Than I

  There are about 1 million people living with HIV today in America. I am one of them. In 1981, I was a psychiatry resident in San Antonio. I had never really planned on studying medicine. But after receiving a fine arts degree from Brandeis and later a graduate degree in public health, going to medical…

  By Alan Hurwitz Nov 21, 2007 | 3 min read
• Opinion

  Prepare for the Day Iran Goes Nuclear, for Eventually It Will

  President Bush’s time in office is running out, and so far he has been unable to convince the Pentagon, Congress or the American people of the need to leap into the Iranian lake before he can get out of the Iraqi puddle. Of course, Israel may carry out a strike against Iran on its own….

  By Martin van Creveld Nov 21, 2007 | 4 min read
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  Europe Is Not Impressed by Walt and Mearsheimer

  Last week John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt came here to Vienna, as well as to Frankfurt and Berlin, to promote the German-language version of their controversial book “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy.” The two American academics had reason to expect a warmer reception than they had received back home, and true to expectations…

  By Eric Frey Nov 21, 2007 | 3 min read
• Opinion

  Time Does Not Favor the Jewish State

  Habonim Camp Moshava, which I attended as a camper many years ago, was then located on Maryland’s Severn River. The landmark (or watermark, I suppose) was significant, since the Severn was frequently infested with antisemitic jellyfish. (“Jellyfish” are actually not fish at all, since they are not vertebrates. They have no brain, either, but oh…

  By Leonard Fein Nov 21, 2007 | 4 min read
• Letters

  November 16, 2007

  Recognize Importance Of the Temple Mount I was pleased to read Tzvi Hersh Weinreb and Stephen Savitsky’s vigorous defense of the future of a continued, unified Jerusalem (“We Cannot Forget Jerusalem,” November 9). I was utterly dismayed, however, by their description of the Western Wall as Judaism’s holiest site. We have come to expect such…

  Nov 16, 2007 | 4 min read